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It doesn't necessarily tell us much to make comparisons across industries like that though. US doctors' salaries are paid to people who literally save lives. US tech workers' salaries are often paid to people who are working at a big firm with big past investment that found its golden goose a long time ago and has business people who have successfully defended its moat since. These are very different situations in terms of bargaining power for both personal compensation and larger scale effects like unionisation and regulatory capture.



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